Prof. Lamichhane is an academician at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and Professor at Department of Biotechnology, Kathmandu University (KU). He has joined Department of Chemistry, KU as a lecturer in 1993 and completed his PhD in Biochemistry from Sun Moon University, South Korea in 2006.

He has served as Founding President of Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB) for 6 and half years from July 2011 to December 2017. Currently he is serving as Chief Strategic Advisor at the institute.